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Low prices fix low prices, and eventually the shorts will be forced to cover and buy back their shares and force prices higher. This sector is 'this close' to such and event.Both Hurst cycles and Wyckoff supply and demand action are warming up to the bullish side for the energy sector (XLE). This is on the back of growing inflation fears. Inflation sourced from wage growth in the US and world...Read More
This analysis continues from part 1 (Silver Trend Forecast 2019 Update ).Gold Silver RatioThe Gold / Silver ratio has continued to trend lower, currently standing at 83.8, which implies to expect the Silver price to continue to out perform Gold over the coming months. So whilst Silver is no longer the SCREAMING BUY it was when trading at a ratio of 95, nevertheless is still CHEAP! Whilst we can d...Read More
Gary TanashianGold bugs will remember 2012 as the last year of hope that gold was still in its bull cycle as it managed to hold key support around 1550 into year end. It should not be lost on us that here into year-end 2019 gold's new bull cycle has risen to, and logically halted at, the very same former support that is now important resistance to a new bull market.We anticipated this resistance...Read More
By: Ira EpsteinNew head of ECB sends message to spend on infrastructure. Gold in a market that wants to move lower. Weekly Bollinger band support is narrowing, support in the $1,440 area. Read More
StrengthsThe best performing precious metal this week was palladium, up 3.85 percent. Shipments of palladium from Switzerland to Hong Kong rose to a five-year high in October. In the weekly Bloomberg survey of gold traders and analysts, most respondents were surprisingly bullish on the yellow metal for next week, expecting further tension between the U.S. and China over Hong Kong. President of...Read More
China said it'll finally make moves on intellectual propertyStocks rallied today thanks to positive headlines around U.S.-China trade relations, with the latter country saying it will raise penalties for intellectual property theft. A flurry of corporate dealmaking also added to the bullish bias, as the tech sector -- and chip stocks in particular -- helped lead the market higher. The S&P 500 and...Read More
The volatile price action comes during a strong day for the broader stock marketWhile the S&P and Nasdaq notch new highs today, three stocks in particular in the spotlight are biotechs Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ARWR), Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ICPT), and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (NYSE:TEVA). Below, we'll look at what's behind ARWR, ICPT, and TEVA's big moves to...Read More
Options volume is triple the average intraday paceThe shares of eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) are trading up 1.9% at $35.80, after the company said it is selling StubHub to ticket reseller Viagogo for $4.05 billion in cash. The pop has sparked a rush of activity in EBAY's options pits, with volume running at three times the average intraday pace -- and a number of speculators targeting even more upside t...Read More
Put traders are pouncing on XRT as the holiday season approachesRetail earnings have been a point of focus in recent weeks, so we were taking a look at the sector's primary exchange-traded fund (ETF), SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT). As far as options data is concerned, traders have started to take a more put-skewed approach with more earnings due out this week from the sector, and of course the holiday...Read More
The company is slated to report earnings tonightCybersecurity name Palo Alto Networks Inc (NYSE:PANW) is up 1.2% at $249.87 this afternoon. Options traders look to be gearing up for the company's fiscal first-quarter earnings, which is slated for after the close today. On the charts, PANW has resumed its climb higher, with help from the 100-day moving average a few weeks back. Longer term, the e...Read More
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in a tweet this weekend that 200,000 pre-orders for its Cybertruck have already been placed The shares of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) have turned themselves around since Friday's disastrous unveiling of its new electric pick-up truck, the Cybertruck. In fact, the stock is up 2.3% at $340.72 at last check. Options are running slightly hotter than usual today. So far 103,000...Read More
M&A headlines are in focus today, tooStocks are soaring today, with the technology sector leading the way higher on reports Beijing is seeking greater protection for intellectual property rights -- a key hurdle in U.S.-China trade negotiations. Wall Street is also sifting through an onslaught of M&A headlines, including news Charles Schwab (SCHW) will buy fellow broker TD Ameritrade (ATMD), and Fr...Read More
The movie notched $127 million in box office sales for its opening weekend The shares of Walt Disney Co (NYSE:DIS) are inching higher this morning, up 0.5% at $149.10 at last check, after "Frozen II'" collected $127 million in U.S. box office sales during its opening weekend -- making it the third biggestopening ever for an animated movie. The film's box office sales fell in line with analysts' ex...Read More
Our options-based "hedging ratio" lines up pretty well with S&P price extremesThe following is a reprint of the market commentary from the December 2019 edition of The Option Advisor, published on November 22. For more information, or to subscribe to The Option Advisor -- featuring 10 new option trades each month -- visit our online store.Not to be outdone by the stock market's run to new records,...Read More
The rate of call buying on Netflix is at multi-month highsNetflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX) is trading down 0.7% this morning at $308.37, following a downgrade to "underperform" from "market perform" at Wells Fargo, which also dropped its price target to $265 from $308. The brokerage firm believes the streaming company won't be profitable per subscriber until 2022, and is concern that it's still losing $2...Read More
NVDA has had a wicked climb up the charts in recent monthsChip stock Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) is up 4.4% at $220.25 this morning, fresh off a 13-month high of $220.34, thanks to a raving bull note out of Morgan Stanley. The brokerage firm handed out an upgrade to "overweight" from "equal weight," and hiked its price target to $259 from $217 -- a nearly 23% premium to Friday's close of $21...Read More
U.S. national security advisor Robert O'Brien predicted a trade agreement will be reached by the end of 2019Stock futures are signaling another rally today, following Friday's last minute turnaround. Dow futures are roughly 81 points above fair value after comments on Saturday from U.S. national security advisor Robert O'Brien suggested a "phase one" trade deal between the U.S. and China could be...Read More
Traders who bought the April 2013 breakout might be looking to take profitsAfter six consecutive weeks of gains in which the S&P 500 Index (SPX - 3,110.29) advanced 5.7% to a record high, the index finally gave up ground last week. But the 10-point pullback is hardly noticeable, as the SPX closed the week above both the round 3,100 century mark and its 10-day moving average. $SPX 3,130 area is rou...Read More
Gary TanashianGold bugs will remember 2012 as the last year of hope that gold was still in its bull cycle as it managed to hold key support around 1550 into year end. It should not be lost on us that here into year-end 2019 gold's new bull cycle has risen to, and logically halted at, the very same former support that is now important resistance to a new bull market.We anticipated this resistance...Read More